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Foundation Donates Palliatives for 3,000 Households, Boreholes to Schools

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Covid-19 Taskforce/Victims Support Fund, VSF, on Tuesday performed the symbolic presentation of foodstuffs to 3,000 vulnerable households in Rivers State. The event which was performed at the headquarters of the Nigerian Red Cross had Mrs Toyosi Akereke Ogunsiji, chairperson, Victim Support Fund VSF hand …

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Kebetkache Tasks Niger Delta Journalists on Climate Change

The active engagement of the media in building awareness on climate change, and bridging knowledge gaps in the Niger Delta on global initiatives and activities, remains a veritable tool for achieving a cleaner and healthier earth So said the executive director of Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre, Emem Okon, …

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Gas Export Dips by 5mmscf as Suspected Vandals Blow up Agip Pipeline

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Nigeria’s gas export feed to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has been cut by 5 million standard cubic meters per day (mmscm/d) following reported vandalism on the 24” Ogboinbiri/OB-OB pipeline at Azikoro community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Residents near the incident site …

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Gunmen Defy Security Beef-Up, Abduct Two on Rivers Notorious Route

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Gunmen along the Emohua/Kalabari road in Rivers State Tuesday night defied the security arrangement put in place by chairmen of the four local government areas affected by incessant kidnapping on the road, abducting two persons in the process.  The victims were said to be passengers traveling …

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Wike Signs Law to End Exclusion of Women from Family Inheritance

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, Thursday, assented to three laws recently enacted by the State House of Assembly, which include the Rivers State Prohibition of the Curtailment of Women’s Right to Share in Family Property Law No. 2 of 2022, Rivers State Compulsory Treatment and Care of …

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NSCDC CG Commends Rivers, Others for Reconstituting Anti-Vandal Squad

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt  The commandant general of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has commended state commandants across the country for their “timely reconstitution” of new anti-vandal squads to combat vandals and oil thieves. The reconstruction of the squad is sequel to the NSCDC’s …

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